Yes, I’m spoiled rotten. I know it. 
Sweetie gave me a Canon EOS 7D EF-28-135 IS USM kit for my birthday. I’ve had my eye on one for a while and I’m really, really happy with it. It’s much heftier that my Rebel T1i, and has a wider range of capabilities. ISO starts at 100 and increases at 1/3 stop intervals up to 6400. Very, very little noise at the highest ISO (one of the comments I read over and over and over again about this model). Also, 100% field of view means the photo I compose in my viewfinder will be the photo the camera will produce. No unknown stuff around the edges. I took it out for a whirl today. Here are just a few of my shots. Very little processing done to these, just a bit of sharpening of the RAW files.
Close-up of a buckle on my leather jacket.
Rose in the backyard.
Nina on a walk-about in the backyard.
Jezebel by the light of the living room window.
This was my only flash photo…Maya by the front door. Exposed for outdoors with flash used to equalize the indoor lighting.
Carissa Snedeker Photography 
Very nice . . . except, you know . . . it’s a Canon.
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Whatever . . .
😉
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Fantastic. Have fun with it!!
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Thanks! The new lens gives me macro capabilities too!
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It’s nice that it IS a Canon . 🙂 Enjoy your new tool & toy. It’s a great camera!
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Thanks. So far I’m loving it.
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Happy Birthday to you dear Carissa. I love CANON, 🙂 Good luck with your new camera. I loved your photographs, but you know, my best one is your cats 🙂 Blessing and Happiness to you all. Thank you, love, nia
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Thank you, nia. Yes, I love photographing the cats. They mostly just lay around looking cute, so they make good models!
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Congrats on the new gear…. have fun playing around 🙂
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I am! Thanks!
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wow! Lucky you 🙂 Congrats on your birthday and have fun with that awesome gift. 🙂
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Thanks, Inga!
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congratulations Carissa and what a gift!!! I hope you will have all the fun with it, but I don’t doubt that 😀
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Wow, n!ice gift! That’s a nice serious camera, one I have been contemplating on getting, or at least trying out. I’m most comfortable with the Canons since I used EOS cameras back in the film days. If only those L lenses weren’t so dang expensive!
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Very nice! I have my eye on one as well. Hopefully someday soon.
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You’ll love it!
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